This Master thesis primarily attempts to evaluate and understand governance processes and principles in the Alpine and the Carpathian Conventions. The main focus is placed on the principles of participation, policy integration and partnerships. In that attempt various interrelations among the conventions? emergence, strategies, processes and governance principles are determined. Based on these analysis, applicable Alpine and Carpathian practices to be considered in the current South-East European (Balkan) mountain initiative (BMI), are identified. For this purpose four main subjects are studied: Alpine Convention (AC), Carpathian Convention (CC), South-East European (Balkan) mountain initiative (BMI) and the concept of governance. The subjects are studied through three research methods: literature review, questionnaires and interviews. The AC and the CC are studied applying all the three research methods. For the other two study subjects ? BMI and the theoretical concept of governance ? only the literature review was conducted.
